Future of Kiwi Biker

[Mental Trousers]

The main problem is that if SpankMe gets run over by an SUV tomorrow it's the authority etc on things like DNS name, server accounting stuff blah blah that's isn't covered. Were the unfortunate to happen tomorrow people would likely throw money into the pot to keep the place going in the interim (hell I know I would). So really, Spank needs someone who can step in and take over the core duties/responsibilities. The admins etc will sort shit out among them, finances for the short term would be enough to keep the place alive until something is sorted, likewise server hosting will be fine in the short term blah blah. Past 2 months in an emergency is where the problem is.

[SpankMe]

I've updated the first post with details of the things people would need to have experience in if they wanted to help out on the technical side.

To give you an idea of the work involved, here's my todo list of most of the stuff I've needed to do since the last upgrade. Security related stuff not included of cause.

vBulletin

• Trader avatar not censored
• Install real ip hack
• User notes page layout redesign
• Bike Trader edit field check not working
• Total members on homepage should not include unconfirmed users
• Upgrade Coppermine Gallery to 1.4.4
• Allow users to always edit first post done
• Add search options to image browser done
• Improve image browser SQL query done
• Update vBadvanced CMPS done
• Homepage avatar not censored done
• Add users gallery link to profile pulldown done
• Forum Leaders page to start with team leaders done
• Update Black & Gold style done
• Bike Trader delete option done
• Update Black & Gold style done
• Upgrade vB to 3.5.3 done
• Reported post for Senior Mods done
• Re setup avatar censor done
• Install google site map done
• Add KB header/footer to gallery done
• Fix image browser permissions done
• Image censor checkbox not setting done
• Enable censor when using [attach] vB code done
• Image censor not working when image same size as thumbnail. "class_postbit" done
• Install XSS (cross site scripting) security patch done
• Avatar upload problem with filedata column done
• Install Welcome Headers hack rejected
• Update links page to newer version done
• Update arcade to newer version done
• Setup Coppermine Gallery vB bridge done
• Check buddy list viewing permissions for personal info done
• Profile pic thumbs still not right done
• Disallow guest attachment viewing but not trader attachments done
• Add better IP logging to track multiple accounts done
• Update arcade to work with 3.5 done
• Fix site discounts page removed
• Fix image browser filter links done
• Setup modcp to update FAQ done
• Fix profile picture thumbnailing done
• Add extended sort options to profile pics page done
• Setup view thread images in thread tools done
• Update Javachat to new version done
• Flame Warrior
  • bikead.value is null javascript error when posting
  • FW avatar change should remove censor
  • note editing and BB code/smilie enable.
  • Remove FW nomination postbit display if not seconded after set period
  • Fix Flame Warrior phrases
  • Enable comment view by nominee done
  • Flame Warrior postbit display code causing posting errors done
  • Flame Warrior admin interface setup done
  • Fix Flame Warrior avatar display done
• Calendar/Events
  
  • Mini month calendars on default page not displaying correctly for guests done
  • Test event forum/calendar integration hack
  • Test event thread location prefix hack
  • Fix todays events on homepage done
  • Birthdays on homepage not displaying done

Blog

• Setup webalizer usage for blogs
• Insert img code into post in IE
• Account logout problem done
• Post preview: member function error: check_perm done
• Category edit not displaying done
• Blog RSS feed module collapse cookie not working done
• Install extra skins done
• Install b2evolution blog server software done

Server

• Compile and install APC (Another PHP cacher)
• Setup boolean searches. done
• Set MySQL min word length to 3. Last attempt caused table crashes done
• Upgrade MySQL to 4.1.18 done
• yum GPG key incorrect done
• Exceeding max MySQL connections done

Webmail server

• sender canonical map lookup problem for apache
• Setup spamassassin
• Thumbnail display for attched images
• Username display
• Fix change password plugin done
• Change login page style done
• Add usage bar done
• User ability to change password done
• Fix small calendar done

Stuff to add to FAQ

• Basic chat info
• Personal info and buddy lists
• How to change L-Plater title
• Retrieving lost passwords

[Karma]

Stuff to add to FAQ

• Basic chat info
• Personal info and buddy lists
• How to change L-Plater title
• Retrieving lost passwords

Shouldn't take long to write up a few paragraphs on these ones...

If anyone wants to write something up and post it in here perhaps? If not then I'll knock something up when I finish work this evening.

[SpankMe]

Post FAQ additions in the FAQ thread. All the mods have access to update the FAQ.

[cowpoos]

I've updated the first post with details of the things people would need to have experience in if they wanted to help out on the technical side.

To give you an idea of the work involved, here's my todo list of most of the stuff I've needed to do since the last upgrade. Security related stuff not included of cause.

vBulletin

• Trader avatar not censored
• Install real ip hack
• User notes page layout redesign
• Bike Trader edit field check not working
• Total members on homepage should not include unconfirmed users
• Upgrade Coppermine Gallery to 1.4.4
• Allow users to always edit first post done
• Add search options to image browser done
• Improve image browser SQL query done
• Update vBadvanced CMPS done
• Homepage avatar not censored done
• Add users gallery link to profile pulldown done
• Forum Leaders page to start with team leaders done
• Update Black & Gold style done
• Bike Trader delete option done
• Update Black & Gold style done
• Upgrade vB to 3.5.3 done
• Reported post for Senior Mods done
• Re setup avatar censor done
• Install google site map done
• Add KB header/footer to gallery done
• Fix image browser permissions done
• Image censor checkbox not setting done
• Enable censor when using [attach] vB code done
• Image censor not working when image same size as thumbnail. "class_postbit" done
• Install XSS (cross site scripting) security patch done
• Avatar upload problem with filedata column done
• Install Welcome Headers hack rejected
• Update links page to newer version done
• Update arcade to newer version done
• Setup Coppermine Gallery vB bridge done
• Check buddy list viewing permissions for personal info done
• Profile pic thumbs still not right done
• Disallow guest attachment viewing but not trader attachments done
• Add better IP logging to track multiple accounts done
• Update arcade to work with 3.5 done
• Fix site discounts page removed
• Fix image browser filter links done
• Setup modcp to update FAQ done
• Fix profile picture thumbnailing done
• Add extended sort options to profile pics page done
• Setup view thread images in thread tools done
• Update Javachat to new version done
• Flame Warrior
  • bikead.value is null javascript error when posting
  • FW avatar change should remove censor
  • note editing and BB code/smilie enable.
  • Remove FW nomination postbit display if not seconded after set period
  • Fix Flame Warrior phrases
  • Enable comment view by nominee done
  • Flame Warrior postbit display code causing posting errors done
  • Flame Warrior admin interface setup done
  • Fix Flame Warrior avatar display done
• Calendar/Events
  
  • Mini month calendars on default page not displaying correctly for guests done
  • Test event forum/calendar integration hack
  • Test event thread location prefix hack
  • Fix todays events on homepage done
  • Birthdays on homepage not displaying done

Blog

• Setup webalizer usage for blogs
• Insert img code into post in IE
• Account logout problem done
• Post preview: member function error: check_perm done
• Category edit not displaying done
• Blog RSS feed module collapse cookie not working done
• Install extra skins done
• Install b2evolution blog server software done

Server

• Compile and install APC (Another PHP cacher)
• Setup boolean searches. done
• Set MySQL min word length to 3. Last attempt caused table crashes done
• Upgrade MySQL to 4.1.18 done
• yum GPG key incorrect done
• Exceeding max MySQL connections done

Webmail server

• sender canonical map lookup problem for apache
• Setup spamassassin
• Thumbnail display for attched images
• Username display
• Fix change password plugin done
• Change login page style done
• Add usage bar done
• User ability to change password done
• Fix small calendar done

Stuff to add to FAQ

• Basic chat info
• Personal info and buddy lists
• How to change L-Plater title
• Retrieving lost passwords

this man needs a DB [he'ld be better off with a tui though]

[GR81]

deserves a Corona with a lime for that effort... dont be stingy with the DB/Tui etc thats almost a slap in the face! haha

i know what its like to admin a forum or two... big high5 for spankme.

[DMNTD:Me]

Sorry guys I'm tech challenged so all that got me lost-er
Best I can do to "help" is collect $1+ per rider on the rides up this way and 100% will be put back into KB.
Cheers Spank...appreciate all you time 'n efforts on KB sir.

[pyrocam]

Sorry guys I'm tech challenged so all that got me lost-er
Best I can do to "help" is collect $1+ per rider on the rides up this way and 100% will be put back into KB.
Cheers Spank...appreciate all you time 'n efforts on KB sir.

myself I disaprove of the 'donation' collecting for rides. if people want to make a donation they can paypal or make deposits, maybe even buy some merch?
http://www.cafepress.com/kiwibiker,k...kiwibiker_back



but hey I dont do the publicly organised rides anymore anyway. go nuts!

edit: oh wait no. its not another funding run thread. carry on.

[SN4PD]

Just curious, how much bandwidth does this site go through a month?

Edit: Should read b4 i post

[Karma]

One other thing I wonder...

Time now is 01:46 and there are;

5 members and 61 guests online... seems all the guests are search engine bots...

In my limited knowledge of HTML I know you can specify pages not to list / search links from... and even have a Robots.txt file that tells them to get knotted or something...

Anyways... point of this post... surely these bots use up a lot of bandwidth on their own, so might be an idea to stop them searching every page, and only index the front page?

[SN4PD]

One other thing I wonder...

Time now is 01:46 and there are;

5 members and 61 guests online... seems all the guests are search engine bots...

In my limited knowledge of HTML I know you can specify pages not to list / search links from... and even have a Robots.txt file that tells them to get knotted or something...

Anyways... point of this post... surely these bots use up a lot of bandwidth on their own, so might be an idea to stop them searching every page, and only index the front page?

Search bots aren’t a bad thing, they do index the site and encourage new visitors, if you want to shave a quick bit of bandwidth fat off, just ask yourself this;

Q: Who the hell uses the Ask Jeeves search engine?
A: No one! (Google owns all)

Then why did they chew through 20.24 GB of bandwidth last month alone. Don’t block all robots, just block ask.com